Student Research

Astronomy Research Projects

M15, How Old Are You? (2009)

This fall, John Weiss and I decided to try to use CCD images to determine the age of star clusters. This is a project I’d tried before but hadn’t had much success with, mostly because last year, Cindy and I had had trouble getting decent images of the clusters and so had been unable to move on to image analysis. This time, I wanted to see if I could actually find something.
Hot Spot Research (1998)

Hot Spot Research by Greg Stinson ’99, John Weiss ’99, and Ryan Hennessy ’99
Michele Nichols: Astronomy History and Imagery (1998)

A mini-website by Michele Nichols, featuring images from her independent observing project with Cindy Blaha, and the results of research she conducted with Margaretha Warnicke on the history of astronomy and women in astronomy.
Studying the Stars (1997)

Research summary of pulsar work by Zoe Leinhardt’98
Women in Astronomy, 1880-1920 (1997)

A Spring 1997 research project by Margaretha Warnicke and Michele Nichols about the history of women in astronomy, including photos of the women who played active roles in astronomy’s formation as a profession.